Researchers have fixed a number of papers after mistakenly reporting that people who hold conservative political beliefs are more likely to exhibit traits associated with psychoticism, such as authoritarianism and tough-mindedness.

As one of the notices specifies, now it appears that liberal political beliefs are linked with psychoticism. That paper also swapped ideologies when reporting on people higher in neuroticism and social desirability (falsely claiming that you have socially desirable qualities); the original paper said those traits are linked with liberal beliefs, but they are more common among people with conservative values. [..]

Schade eigentlich. Mal schauen, ob ich an das Paper im Juli herankomme.

A Stanford computer scientist says Internet voting would be “a complete disaster.”

Absolutely not, says Stanford computer science professor David Dill. In fact, online voting is such a dangerous idea that computer scientists and security experts are nearly unanimous in opposition to it. [..]

Nur falls mal jemand meint, das sei doch cool.

Der nächste Winter kommt bestimmt. Laaanger Text: No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority (1870)

Der mE kaum zu hoch angesetzt werden kann. Auf diese Weise wird schließlich alles außer dem Menschen zum bloßen Material oder Mittel zum Zweck – und letztlich sogar jeder andere Mensch. Das ‘Humankapital’ lässt grüßen.

Ich bin schockiert. Das wäre mir niemals aufgefallen.